TV is a thing of the past

I don't always watch TV, but when I do, it's on the Internet. Honestly, the box's purpose in my basement is for little more than video games these days, as I would rather play a game than watch a show any day of the week. Any show I would watch -- or that I wouldn't watch -- can be found rather easily online. If I ever want to watch an episode of Doctor Who, there is a multitude of websites dedicated to posting all episodes from all seasons.

Even so, I don't watch TV shows on the web much either. What is there to watch, apart from old nostalgic shows I've seen time and time again or the token BBC show or some obscure series from the Orient? I could watch MTV or a handful of Fox News programs, but I would rather keep my already dwindling impression of humanity intact. I could watch Adventure Time, which, for some strange reason, has quite the following among my peers. Another show I could watch is one that, I regret to say, has sworn to by a sizable number of guys my age: My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic. Is this really the selection of "entertainment" that I am offered by having a TV?

My point is that TV has, in more ways than one, lost its touch. It is a bit of a thing of the past. It is becoming lost in the Internet's shadow. While the quantity of shows is rising, the quality is falling. Both the featured content and the overall usefulness are less appealing than they were before; TV just isn't what it used to be.